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calorimetry

calorimetry noun: the science of measuring the heat absorbed or evolved during the course of a chemical reaction or change of state.

Noun

calorimetry (countable and uncountable, plural calorimetries)

  1. The science of measuring the heat absorbed or evolved during the course of a chemical reaction or change of state.
    • Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) or differential thermal analysis (DTA) scans (Section 5.5.3) can be employed to distinguish an enantiotrope from a monotrope.2011, Gautam R. Desiraju, Jagadese J. Vittal, Arunachalam Ramanan, Crystal Engineering, page 112
  2. A wide headband that covers the ears, for wearing on cold days.

calorimetry meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

calorimetry in Tamil

கலோரி அளவியல், கலோரியளவியல், வெப்ப அளவியல், வெப்ப அளவீட்டியல்

calorimetry in Kannada

ಉಷ್ಣಮಾಪನ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ, ಕ್ಯಾಲರಿ ಮಾಪನ

calorimetry in Indonesian

the scientific discipline
kalorimetri

Forms of calorimetry

pluralcalorimetries

Origin of calorimetry

From Latin calor (“warmth, heat”) + -metry.

Words formed from calorimetry

Questions about calorimetry

What does calorimetry mean?
Calorimetry means the science of measuring the heat absorbed or evolved during the course of a chemical reaction or change of state.
What is calorimetry in Tamil?
Calorimetry in Tamil is கலோரி அளவியல், கலோரியளவியல், வெப்ப அளவியல். See Calorimetry meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is calorimetry?
Calorimetry is a noun.
What is the plural of calorimetry?
The plural of calorimetry is calorimetries.

Words near calorimetry in the dictionary

  1. calorimetre
  2. calorimetres
  3. calorimetric
  4. calorimetrically
  5. calorimetries
  6. calorimetry
  7. calorimotor
  8. calorimotors
  9. calorique
  10. Caloris
  11. Caloris Planitia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: calorimetry (page history and authors); calorimetry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); calorimetry (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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